The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-17
JAPANESE CAPITAL.


...ss In Toxic would Think Him.
.sfis . European CITY.
readers are all familiar with
'e "ss.t cities Of Europe, either by
observation or through the col.
of current literature; but less is
purn, perhaps. about the great cities
/ as;s. and it is about the city Of
LIN the capital Of Japan. that ]
~ to write to-day. 1t is larger than
rity on the American continent,
4, the exception Of New York. II
'.ntajns fully 1880. 900 people and cx.
4Is over an area nine miles long by
:.ht broad. II is a city Of imme MS g
Stances. For instance. to go from
\. station as you come in from Yoko-
..na TO the station you leave to 90
~ the country You cross a distance
ak miles. OF about twice as far as
lam the Battery to the Central Depot
! New York. The city is curiously
hid out. In the very center is a large
.und tract Of land containing the
sstle and some other public build
'sgs, This is surrounded by a moat.
: rather q canal, which is in the form
n. spiral. It goes around the castle
tro and a gu after times. Within the
.cond ring 70 the houses of many Of
IA noblemen and some more Of the
,pblic buildings. Outside Of all this
/ the city proper. which is intersected
4 all directions by canals. Never was
here seen a city in which it was easier
o lose ones self than in Toxic. This
piral canal and the many heavy stone
,alls and frequent turnings make one
,se his bearings even mn a sunny day.
he history Of Toxic has been called a
istorv of fires, plaques and earth.
uakes Perhaps ne one city can COM
are with this in the number Of its
isastrous accidents. In 1900 it was
,thing but . little fishing village. but
was at that time made the capital of
is section. and from that time its
was extremely rapid, as can be
from the fact that
1867 a great fire, called the fire Of
OF Reki. destroyed 1o7, 04s people
d swept away 500 mansions of the
st nobility, 40 of other mobiles. $50
and 1 100 streets; again in
IS, only eleven years later, almost
whole city was burned. In 1908
earthquake carried away 81, DOC
ople. In 1878 a pestilence laid its
nd on the city and took the almost
conceivable number of 1870, 900 souls.
1856 80. 900 buildings were destroyed
earthquake and 100. 900 people per-
ed. These are only the greater
antilles that have befallcn this city,
i ii is a terrible record.
t was in 1873 that the Mikado made
change of his residence from Kioto
city. Since that time the two
les have grown apart, so that it IS
d to believe that they belong to
same nation. Kioto is old Japan,
kio is new Japan. Through the CEN
of Toxic runs q long street. her
roadway" and on either side are
buildings in the European style
architecture. Every thing that q
would wish to use in furnish
a house or replenishing his ward
e can be found on this street. All
signs are In English, although
IN accompanied by the native
guage. A thorough system OF
ing, sewerage. illumination and
'se-car transportation make Toxic
re European than some cities in
,ope. OF course I went through
bazars, and temples, and parks,
of which were interesting. One
'rio" in the museum is worth men,
ling. It was a stuffed specimen of
native domestic fowl. now almost
met. The popularity is its tail,
ich by measurement is thirteen
,lish feet long. The body of the
| is about the normal size. Cor.
yarE Adver riser.